Carter would have also been a two-year commitment and might have messed up the recruiting of both Melo Trimble, who has committed to Maryland, and Dion Wiley, who is still weighing his offers.

That’s not to say Turgeon, who first recruited Carter out of prep school to Texas A&M three years ago, isn’t disappointed losing out to Billy Donovan and the Gators. Turgeon doesn’t like to lose at anything.

Losing Barton to the Orange will be a much tougher defeat should that occur, given that Syracuse is coming into the ACC next season.